Nature & Wildlife Thread

Here’s my Squirrel feeder. Sides are 1” thick plexi , frontbpc is 1/8” plexi. It keeps chewing to a min. The front pc you keep lower so their hands don’t get pinched by the lid when it slams. We had a Light dusting of snow last night, the feeders are a busy place.

They also eat ticks in the grass, the raccoon doesn't run if I open the door anymore, I threw him a sandwich, he took it and ran off. Lol. I threw the opossum some sushi we brought home, he loved it. Lol.

This is a perfect thread for me today! Found some tracks, no clue what kind. I thought it was a bird, but looks to have 2 spurs? Any clue? It’s in west Oklahoma about an hour north of Guthrie. The print was about an inch square. What I could see of the prints crossing the road, each step had 3 toes and two spurs, no tail marks to see, just the prints.

I got the post in the other day, shakes on, I'll install it today. Opening day on the feeder tomorrow. Lol.
I need to find a large baffle fir the post, I'll try wild birds unlimited. I saw a big one on Amazon. I had my siding guy bend me a cover for the post by the baffle from alum coil, it will double as a deterrent to climb post. Feeder is gray/white to match house. Lol
I need a woodpecker station, I have 3 diff kinds of woodpeckers here.

Only two birds checked it out, a tufted titmouse, a pair is here all summer, and a small woodpecker. I'll have to pour some on the ground. I still have my small feeder hanging,
I also ordered a baffle for a 4x4.

So I either saw a Texas crow, lost up north a bit, or a juvenile bald eagle, or a golden eagle. Really big dark bird with bright yellow beak. The down side go traveling is I didn’t have time to get my phone camera up.

A few pretty sunrise pics from this morning. We’ve got lots of hawks and falcons out here, even saw two owls out past their bed time today. I love to watch nature, and the pretty sunrise and sunsets around here.

We drove into Klamath Falls yesterday, about 25 miles, half along Klamath Lake. The bald eagles were out in force! We must have seen at least 10, along with ravens everywhere and a few hawks. One thing really strange. On a big sprinkler system, in a stretch of about 6 feet, there were 3 birds ... bald eagle, red tail hawk, and a raven. I never would have thought they would have been all together like that!

As if to justify my dislike of squirrels, I got an e-mail this morning from my sister. It seems one of the ladies living in her seniors' complex had to get a mechanic (as well as the local fire department, by the looks of it) to extricate a squirrel's stash from under the hood of her car!
John

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